Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy IX or any characters within this
document.
Note: If you see a (Music Cue:) within the story, and you own the Final Fantasy IX soundtrack, play the track to amplify your experience (Chapter 2 onward)
Note: I have made 2 changes to the plot:
1. Dagger never cut her hair short
2. Zidane does not go back to save Kuja
THE ETERNAL SHADOW
Chapter 3: The Force of a Storm
Glass shattered and wood snapped as the vine monster charged into the bridge from the deck. The three fighters stood waiting. Freya steadied her lance and ran towards the beast. Amarant took a step back and held his good arm out in a threatening position. Vivi held his hands out, ready should he be needed. Freya jumped straight at the vine, and swung her lance in a sweeping motion. Her weapon put a slash in its "face" and caused it to fall on one side.
Freya pulled her lance around, and thrusted it into the monster's body. She impelled her weapon as deep as she could before pulling it out and stepping back. The creature was motionless for a minute. Freya let her weapon fall to her side, as she breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, the serpentine plant upped itself and lunged at the Burmecian Dragon Knight. Freya barely had enough time to bring her lance up to parry the attack. However, the attack was so strong, she staggered backwards and her lance was knocked out of her hand, across the room. As Freya regained her footing, she realized that her weapon was missing. "Dammit!" She yelled as she jumped backwards.
The monster seamed to laugh, as if taunting her. It then began slinking around the room, trying to corner her. Freya stayed as far from the creature as she could. However it was no use, and she eventually found herself trapped in the corner.
'Where are Amarant and Vivi!?' She asked herself as the vine prepared to deal the deathblow.
"Burning essences embrace the flow...Fira!" A voice boomed from behind the snake-like monster, and a split second later, it was engulfed in flames. The creature let out a shrill cry and turned to face the one who attacked. As it turned around, a glaive-like object flew into the creature's body, spraying green ichor across the room.
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Freya then saw Amarant strafing across the room. He nodded to her and then threw her lance across the room to her. It spun horizontally, so Freya had to grab it at the right time, or risk being slashed by her own weapon. She nodded back to Amarant, before jumping into the ceiling and springing off of it, to thrust her weapon deep into the creature's "back".
She drove the weapon as the creature violently tried to shake her off. She held on to her weapon while forcing it as deep as she could. Amarant just stood smiling at this point. He readied another rising sun and let it fly towards the body of the beast. The creature shrieked quickly before putting all its force beneath it and rose up into the ceiling. Freya was crushed between the monster's rough hide and the Hilda Garde 3's ceiling. She lost her footing and fell off, her lance remaining in the beast's flesh. As the monster rose, Amarant's rising sun passed harmlessly beneath the monster. Amarant gritted his teeth and got back in a fighting stance. Reis' Wind had managed to recover his left arm to a usable state. He readied his claws and prepared to charge. However, Vivi was one step ahead of him.
"Crystalline power, accumulate and scatter...Blizzara!" He chanted as a cool wind briefly blew from away from Vivi. A moment afterwards, frost buildup covered the vine, and began to solidify. The creature's raw power prevented the spell from completely freezing it, but it managed to slow it down a bit. Freya rushed at the creature as best she could to try and recover her weapon, but it rammed her with its bulk and knocked her into the wall. Amarant attacked swiftly and slashed it across its side, but he was quickly knocked off his feet and into the wall. With his two companions out of the battle for the moment, Vivi backed away from the beast that now glared right at him.
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"S-s-sky's f-fury, strike with po-power...Thunder!" Vivi stammered nervously. From the pitch black clouds outside, a bolt of lightning struck the creature. As it hit, Freya's lance acted as a lightning rod, causing the beast to howl in pain and back away from Vivi. Vivi's thoughts turned to confidence. "Black clouds, peel forth your anger...Thundara!" Two bolts of light converged upon the rod protruding from the monster, and the entire vine was bathed in a scorching light. As the light faded, traces of electricity danced around the creature. Amarant stumbled to his feet as this happened, and made a mad dash at the creature as the Thundara faded. He leapt at the beast's temporarily disabled form and grabbed Freya's weapon, and ripped through its flesh, freeing the lance. He tossed it to Freya who swung it horizontally, knocking the creature up and back. Amarant then delivered a hard kick into the beast, knocking it out into the blackness of the storm.
"This one's all yours, Vivi!" Freya yelled to her friend as she backed away from the now destroyed deck. Vivi nodded and extended his hands again.
"The tempest's finale, the squall's conclusion; Release your rage in mighty grandeur...Thundaga!" As he spoke these words, the black clouds lit with a bright flash as a huge bolt of static force cut through the sky and blasted right through the falling vine, rending it in two pieces. The three warriors breathed deeply as their foe crashed into the water below. However, their relief was overshadowed by the sight of another vine creature racing towards them from in front of the airship. The next vine flew through the bridge, as the three dove away from it to dodge the attack. They soon realized that they were not its target. The monster crashed through the wall of the door that led down to the below deck quarters.
~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~~~~~
Zidan slammed his staff-weapon into the vine, knocking it into the wall of the cramped hallway. He stepped forwards and swung his rod downwards, dealing a painful blow to its jaws. 'Does everybody else on this ship sleep like a rock!? Where are the others!?' He thought as the creature righted itself and howled angrily. He got into a ready stance. He stepped forward quickly and swung it upwards, stunning the creature and then jabbed the creature with the end of his weapon and then backed away as he swung it horizontally.
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Steiner tried in vain to sleep in his cabin. Loud bangs and crashes kept hindering his sleep, but he kept attributing the sounds to the mist cloud. Steiner grumbled and sat up. "Cid said that it would be only slightly more intense than ordinary turbulence...This can't be good...I should go see him..." Steiner got up and opened the door to the hall way. Steiner gasped and stumbled back when he saw a giant vine barring his path. He was even more shocked when he saw it fly away from the door. Zidane came into view, swinging a long pipe at the vine-creature. Zidan shot a look at Steiner that said 'What the hell took you so long!?' Steiner was too shocked to move for a moment. "W-where is the princess!?" He asked Zidan. Zidane swung his staff and kicked the creature back.
"She's still in her cabin, like everybody else on this ship! You're the first one up...Good morning!" He replied as he continued fighting the creature. Steiner gasped again, and rushed out past Zidan and went over to room that went into Dagger's room. He knocked as hard as he could until she opened the door.
"Princess! We need to get out of here!!" He yelled. Dagger was going to ask why, but she understood when she saw Zidan attacking a vine creature.
"What's going on!?" She asked in a panic.
"No time! Follow me princess!" Steiner began leading her out of the hallway, and towards the stairs that lead to the bridge. As they reached the stairs, another vine beast crashed through the door, splintering it. As it headed towards Steiner, he quickly unsheathed his sword and slashed at the creature's head. The attack did little than scratch the surface, but it sent the creature into the nearby wall. Steiner held his sword forwards threateningly. "Princess! Hurry! I'll take care of this!" Dagger nodded after a brief moment, and then headed up the stairs.
Steiner and Zidan walked towards each other without facing away from their opponents. "Do you think we can take them?" Steiner asked.
"It won't be easy..." Zidane replied, as he readied his weapon.
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Sorry this chapter only lasted a short while, but it's slightly longer than the last few, I think. The next chapter will chronicle the ending of the aerial battle with the "Necro-vines". The end draws near...Of this battle...not the story (I'm planning on at least 20 chapters at the moment...We have a LONG way to go)...see ya soon!
Note: If you see a (Music Cue:) within the story, and you own the Final Fantasy IX soundtrack, play the track to amplify your experience (Chapter 2 onward)
Note: I have made 2 changes to the plot:
1. Dagger never cut her hair short
2. Zidane does not go back to save Kuja
THE ETERNAL SHADOW
Chapter 3: The Force of a Storm
Glass shattered and wood snapped as the vine monster charged into the bridge from the deck. The three fighters stood waiting. Freya steadied her lance and ran towards the beast. Amarant took a step back and held his good arm out in a threatening position. Vivi held his hands out, ready should he be needed. Freya jumped straight at the vine, and swung her lance in a sweeping motion. Her weapon put a slash in its "face" and caused it to fall on one side.
Freya pulled her lance around, and thrusted it into the monster's body. She impelled her weapon as deep as she could before pulling it out and stepping back. The creature was motionless for a minute. Freya let her weapon fall to her side, as she breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, the serpentine plant upped itself and lunged at the Burmecian Dragon Knight. Freya barely had enough time to bring her lance up to parry the attack. However, the attack was so strong, she staggered backwards and her lance was knocked out of her hand, across the room. As Freya regained her footing, she realized that her weapon was missing. "Dammit!" She yelled as she jumped backwards.
The monster seamed to laugh, as if taunting her. It then began slinking around the room, trying to corner her. Freya stayed as far from the creature as she could. However it was no use, and she eventually found herself trapped in the corner.
'Where are Amarant and Vivi!?' She asked herself as the vine prepared to deal the deathblow.
"Burning essences embrace the flow...Fira!" A voice boomed from behind the snake-like monster, and a split second later, it was engulfed in flames. The creature let out a shrill cry and turned to face the one who attacked. As it turned around, a glaive-like object flew into the creature's body, spraying green ichor across the room.
----------(Musical Cue: Battle Theme)----------
Freya then saw Amarant strafing across the room. He nodded to her and then threw her lance across the room to her. It spun horizontally, so Freya had to grab it at the right time, or risk being slashed by her own weapon. She nodded back to Amarant, before jumping into the ceiling and springing off of it, to thrust her weapon deep into the creature's "back".
She drove the weapon as the creature violently tried to shake her off. She held on to her weapon while forcing it as deep as she could. Amarant just stood smiling at this point. He readied another rising sun and let it fly towards the body of the beast. The creature shrieked quickly before putting all its force beneath it and rose up into the ceiling. Freya was crushed between the monster's rough hide and the Hilda Garde 3's ceiling. She lost her footing and fell off, her lance remaining in the beast's flesh. As the monster rose, Amarant's rising sun passed harmlessly beneath the monster. Amarant gritted his teeth and got back in a fighting stance. Reis' Wind had managed to recover his left arm to a usable state. He readied his claws and prepared to charge. However, Vivi was one step ahead of him.
"Crystalline power, accumulate and scatter...Blizzara!" He chanted as a cool wind briefly blew from away from Vivi. A moment afterwards, frost buildup covered the vine, and began to solidify. The creature's raw power prevented the spell from completely freezing it, but it managed to slow it down a bit. Freya rushed at the creature as best she could to try and recover her weapon, but it rammed her with its bulk and knocked her into the wall. Amarant attacked swiftly and slashed it across its side, but he was quickly knocked off his feet and into the wall. With his two companions out of the battle for the moment, Vivi backed away from the beast that now glared right at him.
---------(Musical Cue: Hunter Chance)----------
"S-s-sky's f-fury, strike with po-power...Thunder!" Vivi stammered nervously. From the pitch black clouds outside, a bolt of lightning struck the creature. As it hit, Freya's lance acted as a lightning rod, causing the beast to howl in pain and back away from Vivi. Vivi's thoughts turned to confidence. "Black clouds, peel forth your anger...Thundara!" Two bolts of light converged upon the rod protruding from the monster, and the entire vine was bathed in a scorching light. As the light faded, traces of electricity danced around the creature. Amarant stumbled to his feet as this happened, and made a mad dash at the creature as the Thundara faded. He leapt at the beast's temporarily disabled form and grabbed Freya's weapon, and ripped through its flesh, freeing the lance. He tossed it to Freya who swung it horizontally, knocking the creature up and back. Amarant then delivered a hard kick into the beast, knocking it out into the blackness of the storm.
"This one's all yours, Vivi!" Freya yelled to her friend as she backed away from the now destroyed deck. Vivi nodded and extended his hands again.
"The tempest's finale, the squall's conclusion; Release your rage in mighty grandeur...Thundaga!" As he spoke these words, the black clouds lit with a bright flash as a huge bolt of static force cut through the sky and blasted right through the falling vine, rending it in two pieces. The three warriors breathed deeply as their foe crashed into the water below. However, their relief was overshadowed by the sight of another vine creature racing towards them from in front of the airship. The next vine flew through the bridge, as the three dove away from it to dodge the attack. They soon realized that they were not its target. The monster crashed through the wall of the door that led down to the below deck quarters.
~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~~~~~
Zidan slammed his staff-weapon into the vine, knocking it into the wall of the cramped hallway. He stepped forwards and swung his rod downwards, dealing a painful blow to its jaws. 'Does everybody else on this ship sleep like a rock!? Where are the others!?' He thought as the creature righted itself and howled angrily. He got into a ready stance. He stepped forward quickly and swung it upwards, stunning the creature and then jabbed the creature with the end of his weapon and then backed away as he swung it horizontally.
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Steiner tried in vain to sleep in his cabin. Loud bangs and crashes kept hindering his sleep, but he kept attributing the sounds to the mist cloud. Steiner grumbled and sat up. "Cid said that it would be only slightly more intense than ordinary turbulence...This can't be good...I should go see him..." Steiner got up and opened the door to the hall way. Steiner gasped and stumbled back when he saw a giant vine barring his path. He was even more shocked when he saw it fly away from the door. Zidane came into view, swinging a long pipe at the vine-creature. Zidan shot a look at Steiner that said 'What the hell took you so long!?' Steiner was too shocked to move for a moment. "W-where is the princess!?" He asked Zidan. Zidane swung his staff and kicked the creature back.
"She's still in her cabin, like everybody else on this ship! You're the first one up...Good morning!" He replied as he continued fighting the creature. Steiner gasped again, and rushed out past Zidan and went over to room that went into Dagger's room. He knocked as hard as he could until she opened the door.
"Princess! We need to get out of here!!" He yelled. Dagger was going to ask why, but she understood when she saw Zidan attacking a vine creature.
"What's going on!?" She asked in a panic.
"No time! Follow me princess!" Steiner began leading her out of the hallway, and towards the stairs that lead to the bridge. As they reached the stairs, another vine beast crashed through the door, splintering it. As it headed towards Steiner, he quickly unsheathed his sword and slashed at the creature's head. The attack did little than scratch the surface, but it sent the creature into the nearby wall. Steiner held his sword forwards threateningly. "Princess! Hurry! I'll take care of this!" Dagger nodded after a brief moment, and then headed up the stairs.
Steiner and Zidan walked towards each other without facing away from their opponents. "Do you think we can take them?" Steiner asked.
"It won't be easy..." Zidane replied, as he readied his weapon.
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Sorry this chapter only lasted a short while, but it's slightly longer than the last few, I think. The next chapter will chronicle the ending of the aerial battle with the "Necro-vines". The end draws near...Of this battle...not the story (I'm planning on at least 20 chapters at the moment...We have a LONG way to go)...see ya soon!
